Duck decoy



1. w. LLOYD.

DUCK DECOY.

APPLICATION FILED NQV. 2sv I921- 1,437,764, mama Dec. 5,1922

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Patented Dec. 5, 1922 UN T-ED STATES JAMEs wo'oDs LL YD, or vnncouvnn, nnrrrsnconmaiara, camera.

DUCK DECQY.

5 Application-filed November 23, 1921. Serial No. 517,338.

ToaZZ whom it may concern s Be it known that I, JAMEsWVooDs LLOYD a subject of the-King ofGre'at Britain, and a resident of the .cityof Vancouver, inthe Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Duck Decoys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in duck decoys, with particular reference tom those used in duck and other. wild fowl shooting,andthe object of my'invention is to provide a device of this nature the con struction of which is such that a'number of themcanbe parcelled together, compactly and convenientlycarried from place to place personally by the user, which device is strong while. of light construction and weight, is simple and effective, and capable of being manufactured and sold at a low cost. I

I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig.v l'is a plan, view of the decoy, folded for transportation.

Fig. ,2 is a planviewof the decoy unfolded.

Fig. 3 is a side view, unfolded.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View along the line H of Fig. 2.

Similar parts are indicated by similar figures of reference throughout the several views.

1 indicates the base of the decoy formed out of a piece of board or other buoyant material, the length and breadth of which are such that it will not readily capsize under the pressure of the wind on the decoy proper, when the same is erected and in use. The decoy proper, indicated by the numeral 2, consists of a piece of thin sheet metal or other suitable material fo med to represent, when viewed from the side, the profile of a duck, the lower edge of this metal portion being turned at right angles to the main portion, as at 3, and in the lower edge of the main portion 2 and extending into the turned over portion 3 are provided apertures 4: and 5, these apertures being spaced apart and towards the head and tail end of the profile member 2 respectively.

Through the apertures a and 5 extend transversely of the base wires 6 and 7, the inner ends 8 and 9 of which are turned downwardly and secured into the board in any suitable manner and c 4, while the space 13 between preferably at a point slightly beyond the longitudinal axis of the board, While their outer ends are bent at right angles to the main portion, as at 10. and 11, theextremities of the right angled ends being then secured into the edge of the basel, as shown. The space 12 between the wires and the base at their inner ends is such that the right angularly turned portion 3 of the profile member will fit therebetween to hold the profile erect without rocking when in. the'effective position shown in Fig. theouter ends of the wires and the base is slightly greater than thewidth of the portion 3. from which it will be seen that when the decoy proper is erected in the effective position substantially centrally of the base the portion 3 is held between the inner ends of the wires and the base so that it may he slid outwardly along the wires to the outer ends of the same and then folded down to lie on the base 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

14: indicates a hole formed in the base at a suitable point within which is swinga-bly mounted a ballast weight 15, capable of being swung up to lie entirely within the hole 14 or down todepend vertically from the base, this weight being narrower atits midlength than at its outer end so that a convenient portion 16 is provided around Which the anchor cord 17 may be wound when not in use, one end of the cord being attached to a hole 18 in the weight 15 while at its opposite end is secured the anchor weight 19, the width of which is not greater than that of the ballast weight 15 so that it may lie thereon without projecting over it at its edges. Thus, when the decoy is not in use the anchor cord may be wound around the portion 16 and the anchor weight 19 laid on the face of the wide end of the ballast weight 15, which may be then swung up into the hole 14 so that the hole then contains both the weights and the cord and therefore when the decoy is out of use and ready for packing nothing will project on the underside of the base 1. In use, of course, the weight 15 is swung down, the cord 17 unwound, and the anchor weight 19 dropped to the bottom to anchor the decoy in position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a simple, strong, and effective decoy for wild fowl shooting, the construction of which is such that a number of them may be formed into alight compact parcel for convenient transportation.

What I claim as my invention is r 1. A device of the class describedcomprising, a base provided with an opening intermediate its length and breadth, a decoy member, wires secured to said base passed through the decoy to foldably connect it to the base, a ballast weight secured at one end to one side of the base opening capable of being swung to lie wholly within the open ing or to depend vertically therefrom, its free end being broadened, an anchor cord one end of which is attached to said ballast F weight, and an anchor weight secured to the opposite end of the cord the width of which is not greater than that of the broadened end of the ballast weight whereby both weights and the anchor cord when wound around the ballast weight may all lie within the base opening when swung thereinto.

2; A device of the class described comprising, aballasted base, a decoy member formed as a profile out or" a thin metal sheet the lower edge of which is turned at right angles and provided with spaced apertures towards the head and tail ends, wires passed freely through said apertures and secured at their opposite ends into the base and transversely of the same, the inner ends or said wires: being spaced close to the base a short distance beyond the longitudinal axis of the same and their outer ends being spaced above the base a distance slightly greater than the width of the right angled portion of the decoy member.

profile member in spaced relationito.th'ebasemember and having the'endi portionsthereoi anchored to saidbase member, said rods:

serving tohold themembers-together in slidable and fold'able relation.

5. A device according: toclaim 41,111 which the rods are'inclined with respect-to thebase" member.

6. A decoy comprising a base member, aprotile member held to the base member inlaterally slidable and foldable-relationtherewith, the connection between the'members being such as to permit the profile member to assume an erect position when at the: cen- I ter of the base and to bezfolded against the base when shifted toward one side thereofi;

7. A decoy member having a base pro-- vided with an opening, a ballast element piwoted to the base and an anchor weight su'sr pended from the ballast'elementzadapted at times, to be superimposed upon the ballast element and moved there-With to an inoperative or out-of-the-way position: within said openlng.

Dated at Vancouver, B; (3., this 12th day of November, 1921.

JAMES WOODS ELQYD. 

